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Mapping Digital and Mental Health Investments in Latin America and the Caribbean

Dr Erika Ito, MD · Student Opportunities Award · 2025–26

Fellow: Dr Erika Ito, MD (MPH/MBA '26) Award: Student Opportunities Award, 2025–26 Partner: CAF — Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe Lab role: Fellow, Digital Health and AI Track
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Dr Erika Ito, MD, a fellow in the Adler Archer Laboratory's Digital Health and AI Track, is a 2025–26 recipient of the Bloomberg School of Public Health Student Opportunities Award. Funded by alumni and friends of the school, the award offsets financial barriers for students completing non-compensated applied learning experiences.

Ito collaborated with CAF — Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe to lead the first regional mapping of digital and mental health investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her analysis identified gaps, funding patterns, and priority areas for coordinated investment—to inform digital innovation strategies for equitable, community-based mental health services.

Ito is pursuing an MPH/MBA dual degree through the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. The project connects her clinical background with applied health systems research and cross-border investment analysis in digital health.

See also Dr Erika Ito named to Poets & Quants Best & Brightest 2026.

Applied learning project

2025–26

Mapping Digital and Mental Health Investments in Latin America and the Caribbean

Student Opportunities Award project with CAF — Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe. Regional mapping of digital and mental health investment gaps and funding patterns.

Dr Erika Ito

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Student Opportunities Award winners, 2025–26